Rail-joint.



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.GEORGE W. m. ANDER-son, 0E JACKSONBURG, WEsT VRGINIA.

BAIL-JOINT.

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specimen of Leners Patent.

Patented Deo. 30, 191,3.

Application file d September 11, 1912. Serial No. 719,789.

ToaZZ whom tfmay concern.'

=Be it known 'that 'L GEORGE lV. T.

and State of West Virginia, have invented new yand useful Improvements 'in Rail-` Joints, of which the 'following 1s a specification.Y

.An Aobject' of the invention is to provide a rail Joint for securing-'rail ends in posi` tion on rail ties.

depending' base .extending into a ygroove in the tie, a side plate formed with the said bed plate and bent to engage the webs of rail ends mounted onthe said bed -plate,and a second side plate mounted tovslide and to turn on the bed plate andmovable to engagd the-Webs Aoi: Vthe vrail ends, with-the rail'ends* interposed between the rigid side plate and f .the movable side plate, suitable bolts being' arranged to entend through the webs of the 4rail. ends and` through the side' plates to secure the rail ends in plate. Y

In the further diselosureof the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting. a part of this specification, in which similar charactersof refposition on the bed erence 'denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which: y v

Figure 1 is a side'elevationcf the rail joint; Fig. 2 is `a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 2 2 .in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal `sectional View and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the movable side plate.

Referring more particularly tol-the views,

use is'made of a bed plate 10 having formed integrally therewith 'and depending from the under side thereof a curved rib 11 adapted to repose in a groove 12 formed in i a tie 13. The rib 11 does not continue the entire length of the plate 10, but E omitted for a suitable distance from its ends, and is ofitsgreatest depth at its central portion which is received withimthe said tie 13.

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The fiat underface of the base, at-its ends rests upon ties disposed opposite, the central tie 13. The rib 11 is of a widthgcorrespond- ,ing vto or sli htly less than that of the base iiange'o the rail ends 15 which are adapted to be disposed upon the plate diy over the, said rib. The plate 10 lhas ANDER-i son, a citizen ofthe United States, resid-l ing at .Iacksonburg, in the county of Vetzell its opposite ends bent to provide inwardly extending portions 10l and 10b which overlie the plate proper, and owing to the natural resiliency of the metal, the said pormember and a vertical member, both of l. which being so shaped as to engage within p Y The invention embodies, among otherfe'a" 1 tures, a bed plate adapted to he supported on-a cross tie and provided with an integral' the fishing spaces to the sides of the rail lupon. which they are positioned. The over- 'lying portion 10b has its end rounded u-p- -wardly lto provide a longitudinally extending lip 17, and the lower and outer wal-l of said' lip is disposed a suitable distance aboveftlie ,body of the overlapping portion 10, as disclosed'in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The numeral 18 designates an angular lish plate which has its longitudinal edge `enlarged and grooved upon-its upper face to provide alongitudinally extending lip 19 which is adapted to be received within'the lip 17 of the member 10b. If desired, the said longitudinal edge of the fish late 18 may be bent to provide its edge a substantially cross sectionally U-shaped formation, and the engaging lips 1T ard 19 provide a hinge connection between the member 10b and theplate 18.

t isf'notabsclutely essential that the -cnds of the bed plae overlying members 10 and 10", spread awwy from the said plate, but it .will be noted that both` of said members provide substantially spring members, owing to their natural resiliency. Such a resiliency permits of the insertion of the lili 19 within the lip 17 without necessitating the sliding movement of the Afish plate 18, and alsopermits of a free insertion of the rails against the walls of the side mnber 14, before the said plate 18 is applied. The vertical niem-l bers of the portion 14 and the fish plate 18 are provided with openings Q0 which regf ister with'similar openingsin the webs of the rails. Passingtliroilgh the alining openings are bolts 21 which are provided with the usual securing nuts. The outer longitudinal edgesof the joint member have depressions or slots Q2 which are adapted to receive spikes Q4, the said spikes entering the ties and having their heads pressing against the upper i'uces et the portions 101 and 10b to sustain the uudcrfaces of said portions tightly against thc upper face of f the bed plate proper, and as a consequence, the lip 1T is forced into tight frictionalaen gagement with the lip 19 which also tends to force the plate 18 into tight ffrictional engagementl with therails with which it engages, while the angular portion 14 is likewise forced into light frictional engagement with the opposite sides of the rails.

1 From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the I claim as new is :I

In a rail joint, a bed plate having its un derface formed with a centrally arrangedlongitudinal extending curved rib, and two invention, what rails adapted to rest upon the plate directly over itsrib, the said plate havin its ends bent to rovide inwardly extending members which overlie the bed plate proper,

I one of said overlying portions having a side which' constitutes an inwardly extending i-nclined portionand a vertically straight ponf tion, whereby the said side engages within fish plate and ofthe' side member having openings which register with openings in the webs of the rails, securing elements passing through the openings, the outer longitudinal edges of the bed plate anditsvover lying portions ihav'ing notches, and ,spikes adapted to pass throughgthe notches into the supporting ties, andto have their heads contact with the overlying portions of the bed plate.

In. testimony whereof Iaflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.GEORGE W. T. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

J. L. WATERS, W. Moons.

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